TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of April 9, 2021

1.When plotting points on a graph, pairs of the form (a,b) are called: (5 points)

• variables
• integers
• coordinates
• intersections
• slopes

2.What state features a bear on its flag? (10 points)

• Idaho
• Colorado
• California
• Montana
• Ohio

3.Which pair is incorrect? (5 points)

• Lincoln - $5 bill
• Roosevelt - dime
• Hamilton - Quarter
• Lincoln - penny
• Jefferson - nickel

4.Which sentence does not contain a homograph? (10 points)

• The desert air was hot and dry.
• Surely it would rain soon.
• His horse ran like the wind.
• He tried to read the clouds.
• The wound did not seem to bother him.

5.Which flight is longest? (10 points)

• Pittsburgh to Albuquerque
• Sacramento to Salt Lake City
• Ft. Lauderdale to Atlanta
• Boise to Denver
• Chicago to Columbus

6.What is closest to where the Green Mountain Boys fought? (20 points)

• Yosemite
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Outer Banks
• Pike's Peak
• Mt. Rushmore

7.Gwen's school runs on a six-day cycle (day 1, day 2, etc, through day 6) for scheduling. If today is Day 1 and is a Monday, how many full weeks of school will it take before Day 1 falls on a Monday again, assuming there is school on every weekday? (20 points)

• 6 weeks
• 8 weeks
• 10 weeks
• 5 weeks
• not enough information

8.Tom is going hiking in the mountains. He needs to eat at least 3,000 calories each day. If he gets 450 calories from his morning oatmeal and eats 2 candy bars, each with 360 calories, for a snack, how many calories does he need from the rest of his food that day? (10 points)

• 1825
• 1850
• 1830
• 1500
• 1800

9.It's a king or a butterfly. (5 points)

• Prince
• Ruler
• Emperor
• Dauphin
• Monarch

10.Which does not belong? (5 points)

• Kodiak
• Koala
• Black
• Polar
• Grizzly

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